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Scottish star Peter Capaldi regenerates as his time as the Doctor ends

Time’s up for Peter Capaldi – but old Scots rival is sad to see him go

Scottish star Peter Capaldi tonight handed over the keys to the TARDIS to new Doctor Who Jodie Whittaker. Peter, from Glasgow, was the third Scot...
Laura Burns, sales consultant, with the award

Walled Garden is blooming after winning award

  A housing development in Fife is celebrating after scooping a prestigious award that recognises its role in bringing affordable luxury living for older people....
Roads Less Travelled starts with Cameron McNeish at Ben Rinnes

Explore Scotland’s beauty from the comfort of your armchair

Scotland's great outdoors is being brought into our homes this week in a new TV show. The two episodes of Roads Less Travelled – The...
Poster for the U.F.O Club, London. Designed by Michael English and published by Osiris Visions Ltd, London, 1967.

Sixties pop art classic designs coming to Scotland

An exciting new art exhibition organised by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London is coming to Scotland next month. Pop Art in Print brings...
Chinese food is Scotland's favourite Christmas takeaway

Scotland’s favourite Christmas meal is probably not what you expected

More and more Scots are forgetting the traditional roast turkey this Christmas and opting for a takeaway. Online food delivery firm hungryhouse.co.uk has revealed what...
Council leader Gordon Low, Dick Stevenson, EDLC Cultural Development
Manager Frances MacArthur, Colette and her dad Eddy McGaughrin

Renowned painter presents a special Christmas gift to his home town

A Scottish town hall has been given a cracker of a Christmas present courtesy of one of its most talented sons. Renowned artist and Kirkintilloch...

WHISKY

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL DRINK

Since its humble beginnings nearly ten years ago, the distillery has generated £50,000 for the local community.

GlenWyvis: World’s first fully community owned distillery offers whisky lovers chance to buy shares

In 2015, former Army Air Corps helicopter pilot John McKenzie decided to bring whisky back to Dingwall after a 90 year absence. His idea was...
HRH Prince Charles with Ian Urquhart Signing First Cask at Benromach.

Former Gordon & MacPhail chief Ian Urquhart dies following an illness

Scotch whisky legend Ian Urquhart has died aged 76. The Moray based businessman died peacefully on 15 March after an illness, with his family by...
Ewan, Jamie, Charlie and Lachlan Maclean.

Charles Maclean: Whisky writer launches new charity dram with his sons

Scotland's leading whisky writer Charles Maclean has launched a new dram - and every bottle sold will give at least one person clean water for...
Chef Tom Kitchin. Credit Marc Miller

Me and My Dram, Tom Kitchin: ‘You have to be in the right moment to enjoy whisky, that’s the magic of it’

Following a rocky start, celebrity chef Tom Kitchin has fostered an enduring love for whisky, finds Morag Bootland. He sits down with us for the latest...
The first legal dram from the Outer Hebridean Isle of Harris, The Hearach offers an elegant single malt, with fruit and floral notes and a long, slightly smoky, finish.

Isle of Harris: Distillery releases four new batches of the long awaited Hearach whisky

Last year the first batches of the long awaited Isle of Harris whisky sold out in less than five hours – after more than 25,000...
Rosebank Distillery.

Rosebank Distillery: ‘King of the Lowlands’ ready to re-open with 100-year-old mill still used in whisky production

It was closed three decades ago in 1993, but now the ‘King of the Lowlands’, Rosebank Distillery is to reopen.  The historic distillery has been...